In the past few days Radio France have announced changes to its station line up, including that of Fip. RF say it will be “Exciting, full of new, historical … it’s back on FIP! Your favorite radio offers new musical events during the day and evening to discover on our antenne and replay on our website on Monday 31 August.”

The new features include

Sous les jupes de Fip

Every Monday from 20h to 22h, a program hosted by Alexandre Desurmont and Luc Frelon

The week opens with Fip with an evening news presented by Alexandre Desurmont and Luc Frelon, music programmers. Latest releases, new talent, exclusive interviews, live sessions … The best music news in any genre, live on Fip.

C’est Magnifip !

Every Tuesday from 20h to 22h, a program hosted by Frédérique Labussière

Fip has always carried his listeners elsewhere … in direct connection with their emotions, memories and desires. Creative escape, Fip explores a new route and gives appointments to listeners for a musical escape, they will chose the theme and destination, by voting on fipradio.fr.

Certains l’aiment Fip

Every Wednesday from 20h to 22h, a program hosted by Susana Poveda

Fip invites listeners to a walk in the musical imagination of a filmmaker, genre films or music composer. By exploring the partitions of a sensitive cinema sound and vibration, Fip offers Impressionist puzzle playing on emotion and sensation.

Live à Fip

Every Thursday from 20h to 22h, a program hosted by Stéphanie Daniel

Because live music is central to the relationship between a musician and his audience, Fip broadcasts every Thursday exceptional concerts to Fip or elsewhere. An appointment where all musical universes collide!

Every day at 19h facilitated by Jane Villenet (Monday to Thursday) and Charlotte Bibring (Friday-Sunday)

19h to 20h, it jazz fip! Jane Villenet and Charlotte Bibring receive a programmer for an evening where all the jazz intermingle, big standards to emerging artists.

There are certainly big changes ahead and they sound (excuse the pun) quite exciting. We’re quite excited by having more Frédérique (we met her at the live broadcast and have had a soft spot for her ever since :-D). We hope that the legendary Fipettes are still going to be a big part of the sound of the station.

Fip, as we know, faces a bit of an uncertain future and the world will be a sadder place if we lost it.

The petition is addressed to the Minister of Culture and Communication Fleur Pellerin, the CEO of Radio France Mathieu Gallet, Fip Director Anne SERODE and heading up the #FipToujours collective is Philippe Guihéneuf, a friend.

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It’s been a while since we had anything to post, but news has reached us that FIP in Paris is under threat.

A Twitter account (@FipToujours) contacted us last night with news that the station may be axed due to a large deficit. Their profile states “Une rumeur absurde a circulé dans la presse le 12 décembre: Fip serait menacée de disparition. Les auditeurs répondent: Fip toujours!” (An absurd rumor circulated in the press on December 12 : Fip would be endangered . Listeners respond : Fip forever!) and they sent us a link to the news article.

The article, which appeared on the France 24 website, states that Radio France will lose 20 million in 2015, Fip and Le Mouv’ are in question.

PARIS (AFP)

The president of Radio France Mathieu Gallet said Thursday that his group would be a deficit in 2015 of € 20 million and questioned the possibility of keeping all stations, targeting and Fip and Le Mouv ‘.

Radio France will lose “twenty million” in 2015, a first in its history, he told the daily Liberation on Thursday. “The current model is no longer valid, given the increase in our payroll,” he further stated in Paris Match. The 2014 budget was voted balance.

Asked about the need to conserve seven channels at Radio France, he replied that “it is the question of the scope (Radio France) that must be asked,” and cited the case of “two small,” Le Mouv’ and Fip.

“Le Mouv and Fip as not amount to much in terms of networks, but they are useful to our development. Fip is a nugget, it works very well. But if we do ‘have more money than we do, “he began.

“In the absence of a coherent strategy or if the results should not be waiting for you (…) a closure of this antenna (note: Le Mouv’) should not be taboo,” already considered late November Senator UMP Jean-Pierre Leleux, in it’s opinion on the audiovisual component of the bill in 2015 finances.

Compared to 2012, the public company, renovated in depth this year, suffered a decline of almost 9 million euros in revenues, which come to 90% of the contribution to public service broadcasting (fee).

The CEO, appointed in May, has also launched several business leads to increase revenues, such as the opening of the antenna to new advertisers. He had already planned on his appointment to charge for podcasts.

The President has said it all in one small sentence. Fip is a nugget, it works very well. It does work very well and that is why it has such a large following, not only here in Brighton and Hove, but also internationally. It will be very sad indeed if Fip is taken from the airwaves.

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If you were unfortunate enough to not make it to the Fortune Of War on Saturday (18th June) for FIP à Brighton, or if you want to relive the fantastic night, you can listen to the 4 hour live broadcast via the Fip website 🙂